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Upon A Summer's Day displayed on a tablet in a sunset scene looking out across water to fields beyond, all of it glowing golden and sparkling with magic. The cover of Upon A Summer's Day shows a man in a suit silhouetted over a map of northern Wales in a muted green. He is gesturing, holding his cane in one hand, a cap on his head. Behind him is an astrological chart, with Jupiter and Saturn highlighted in the sign of Taurus.

Idea to Book: Upon A Summer’s Day

February 28, 2024 / Ideas to books

All about the reasons Upon A Summer’s Day exists in the world: Gabriel Edgarton in all his glory, a dance, and a Council Challenge.

Old As The Hills sitting on a bouquet of flowers - rosses, sweetpeas, and others, on a whitewashed bench with honey, tea, and other summery things. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Ideas To Book: Old As The Hills

February 21, 2024 / Ideas to books

The ideas that made Old As The Hills come to life: a loving marriage, writing closer to history, and a conversation with a particular bit of esoteric history.

Old As The Hills, The Fossil Door, Upon A Summer's Day

Cover of Wards of the Roses displayed on a tablet, surrounded by red rose stems, petals, and leaves.

Typos are eternal but fixable

February 14, 2024 / Announcements, Writing and publishing

A word about typos, and more about my process for correcting them. (Including how to let me know if you spot one!)

Cover of Perfect Accord: a man and woman in 1920s dress silhouetted on the cover: she is testing perfume he just handed her on her wrist.

Perfect Accord is out!

February 9, 2024 / Announcements

Learn more about Perfect Accord: Charlotte Edgarton’s romance in 1923, along with a mysterious group.

Perfect Accord

Nocturnal Quarry displayed on a tablet lying on a bed of smooth river rocks.

Idea to Book : Nocturnal Quarry

February 7, 2024 / Ideas to books

The ideas behind Nocturnal Quarry are all about Alexander Landry. Well, Alexander in his element, tying up a few loose ends, and family of choice and blood.

Best Foot Forward, Nocturnal Quarry

Cover of Sailor's Jewel displayed on a phone, resting on a desk with flowers, eucalyptus boughs, and a book about a garden.

Three Books on Sale : FaRoFeb

January 31, 2024 / Announcements

A quick look at which of my books are part of FaRoFeb 2024’s sales and promotions.

Eclipse, Pastiche, Sailor's Jewel

Four Walls and a Heart lying on a table with autumn gourds. The cover is a deep red, with a man in a wheelchair and a man standing, both in silhouette, in front of a large blue and glass door.

Age, characters, and time passing

January 24, 2024 / Questions and answers

A look at characters, age, and time passing. What it means to write across a range of time periods for me and my characters.

As The Ground Shifts, Mistress Of Birds, Seven Sisters, The Fossil Door

Cover of Best Foot Forward displayed on a phone, resting on folded golden linen with a mug of coffee. Yellow flowers lie on a book with Scrabble tiles spelling out "spring is in the air". The cover has a deep red background with map markings in a dull purple. Two men in silhouette stand, looking up at a point in the top left. An astrology chart with different symbols picked out takes up the left side of the image, with glowing stars curving up to the title.

Idea to Book: Best Foot Forward

January 17, 2024 / Ideas to books

The ideas behind Best Foot Forward: the comment that started it all, Alexander and Carillon, music, and Vienna.

Ancient Trust, Best Foot Forward, Eclipse, Interstitial Moments

Extras in 2024

January 10, 2024 / Writing and publishing

A look at the state of my extras and fun scenes in 2024.

Treats And Extras

Shoemaker's Wife against a purple twilight sky with stars and silhouetted grass. The cover of Shoemaker's Wife has a man and woman in silhouette on a vibrant background of green shading through blue to purple. The woman is standing on one foot with one hand in the air, lifting the other and looking over her shoulder at the shoe while the man looks on. A purple 1920s shoe with a big blue ribbon bow is inset in the top right corner.

Plans for 2024

January 3, 2024 / Announcements, Land Mysteries, Mysterious Arts

My plans for 2024! Releases for six novels and an extra, the writing for the year, and what’s up with the Patreon.

Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Facets of the Bench, Perfect Accord, Silent Circuit, The Magic of Four

Old As The Hills displayed on a tablet, in a stone arch with a glowing purple night sky behind it. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

A look back at 2023

December 28, 2023 / Albion, Writing and publishing

Let’s take a look back at 2023: books that came out, things written, what’s been happening on the Patreon and Discord, and some website and wiki notes.

Bound for Perdition, Four Walls and a Heart, Illusion of a Boar, Nocturnal Quarry, Old As The Hills, Shoemaker's Wife, Three Graces, Treats And Extras, Upon A Summer's Day

Copy of Best Foot Forward lying on a bed of sand, covered by an enamelled Horus medallion. The cover has a deep red background with map markings in a dull purple. Two men in silhouette stand, looking up at a point in the top left. An astrology chart with different symbols picked out takes up the left side of the image, with glowing stars curving up to the title.

Up for a 2024 reading challenge?

December 18, 2023 / Reading

Ideas for 2024 reading challenges (with some help about which of my books fit some prompts.)

Best Foot Forward, Carry On, Chasing Legends, Facets of the Bench, Fool's Gold, Forged in Combat, Four Walls and a Heart, Illusion of a Boar, In The Cards, Magician's Hoard, Mistress Of Birds, Nocturnal Quarry, Outcrossing, Pastiche, Sailor's Jewel, Shoemaker's Wife, The Fossil Door, The Magic of Four, Three Graces, Upon A Summer's Day, Wards of the Roses

The cover of Three Graces has three women in silhouette, two standing and one sitting, her hand resting on a cane. All three are wearing clothes from during the Second World War, against a deep brown cover with a map. An astrology chart to the back left has the Moon and Venus picked out in brighter gold.

Three Graces is here!

December 15, 2023 / Announcements, Land Mysteries

Learn more about Three Graces, a novella featuring a long-term mystery. Lizzie Carillon, Alysoun Edgarton, and Thesan Wain work together in the summer of 1945.

Three Graces

The cover of Ancient Trust on a tablet, surrounded glasses, bottles of alcohol, and a man in a tailored suit. The cover shows a man with a monocle in silhouette, leaning on a table stacked with books.

Idea to Book: Ancient Trust

September 28, 2023 / Ideas to books, Novellas

Learn about the ideas behind Ancient Trust, a novella about Geoffrey Carillon and Thomas Benton in 1922. Those include the Carillons, Carillon and Benton, and connections to other people.

Ancient Trust, Bound for Perdition, On The Bias, Outcrossing

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